Add MS 89209/4/37

Correspondence of Aickman, mostly regarding his literary works, some relating to the waterways, including:

• correspondence with agents, editors, publishers, journals and magazines regarding publication of his literary works and proposals for articles and new projects, including The Educational Supply Association, Coram Publishers, Time and Tide, James Barrie Books, Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, The Architectural Review, Ship and Boat Builder, Sketch,The Lincolnshire Poacher, The European, L'Europeo, Hulton Press, Gerald Duckworth & Co., Leonard Hill Books, Reitzels Forlag (Denmark), and The Times;
• correspondence relating to Aickman's involvement in various associations and campaigns, including Consumer Resistance (later Consumer Protection);
• correspondence relating to legal action against The English Digest for an infringement of copyright;
• correspondence with Thomas Osborne Robinson regarding illustrations for Aickman's stories;
• correspondence with Eric de Maré regarding talks and possible contributions to a new paper called The Sun - Social Credit World Review;
• letter from Violet Bonham Carter regarding the standard of verse-speaking at the Old Vic, April 1957;
• correspondence with The Arts Council of Great Britain regarding Aickman's nomination for their poetry reading, November 1957;
• correspondence with Border Film Production about the possibility of a film about the Inland Waterways, May 1958.